Howdy, TowerTalkians -- I got this off of the tower-pro reflector. While climbing accidents on ham towers are pretty rare, there's a good reason why tower work should be approached very carefully. Cl
Makes sense...I was speaking to a fella working on a 400ft self supporting tower in Maryland. The State Police are revamping the entire network and these 400ft towers are going up all over the place.
Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:14:37 -0500
This was my thought. The industry is growing so fast that they are hiring minimially (*trained*?) climbers and the safety record is not really representative of tower climbing in general. Given, it'
TT: As I've written here before: On towers, like while driving, there are no such things as ACCIDENTS. Think before you climb. Thanks, Steve. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F ____________________________________
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